Letting Go – A work in progress.

My daughter and I have been inseparable for a year. Strange how we adapt when we need to. Amid Covid – we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, balance respective zoom meetings/classes, complete homework, or mommy work, take respite walks and do it all over again. I left my daughter for the first time since March 2020 for a 4 -day trip and “Letting Go” was extremely hard-but it was time.

 

Every moment of the trip was like learning a new skill set again for the first time. Going through the airport, boarding the plane with “people” and navigating our new normal in a different part of the country was more stressful than I anticipated.

 

I let go of a lot this weekend because I was able to rest and release issues that were weighing on my heart.

 

Upon my return I realized that my daughter must feel the exact same way. She was able to try a new skill set by letting me go and trusting she would be all right in my absence. As she gets older, she will need to utilize this skill set more to have the life she desires and achieve her individual goals.

 

Every time we let go, we leave room to grow. For a person with ASD – trust is an essential part of that equation and for those who love them most- letting go is a continual work in progress.